ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Thursday said a Cop Act similar to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would be introduced in Punjab after essential amendments in order to avoid occurrence of Sahiwal like incidents.Briefing media here external the Parliament Home about Federal Cabinet assembly, Fawad Chaudhry said as many as 100 model police stations would be set up across Punjab so that better policing services could be supplyd to the citizens.He said Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired the assembly, attended by the Punjab chief minister along with other provincial officials.The minister said the prime minister had directed that the responsible for Sahiwal tragedy would be brought to justice.Chaudhry said reforms in Punjab would be initiated for capacity building of police and changing police culture in the province.He said for the first time, meaningful changes would be brought in the visa regime.
The details of it, would be shared in the next two days.The new visa regime would be favourable for commercemen, journalists and expatriate Pakistanis and would have an affect on the tourism industry in the country, he added.The cabinet gave the go ahead for set upment of Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PMRA), for which refer toation would be held with all stakeholders including the journalist bodies to make the authority acceptable for everyone.Fawad said Ministry of Information and Widecasting had started preparatory work accordingly.He said the Finance Bill introduced in the National Assembly would have a positive affect on the commerce activities.He said the speaker would coordinate with the opposition for appointment of new members of the Election Commission.The cabinet had also approved increase of 10 percent in the pension given by Employees feeble Age Benefit Institution while the grant of $58 million for Pakistan Mortgage Finance Company was also approved, he added.He said Rs 5 billion revolving fund for grant of easy loans was set up through the finance bill so that low income groups could build houses.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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